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By Rohana R. Wasala I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar……. My readers, alert as usual, may be wondering why this essay is entitled ‘The Case of Karu Jayasuriya’ instead of […]

Sasanka De Silva. Pannipitiya As the world progresses, the voice of senior citizens has become increasingly pivotal, particularly in shaping the future of our communities and countries. An impressive 12% of a nation’s population is composed of seniors—an influential demographic that, when mobilized, can wield significant power at the ballot box. Yet, the question remains: […]

The Pathfinder Foundation Rear Admiral (Ret) Hiroyuki Terada, Director of Defence Cooperation of the Indo-Pacific Region (Indo-Pacific Regional Policy Division), Ministry of Defence of Japan, visited the Pathfinder Foundation headquarters at Riverpoint in Peheliyagoda to meet with Founder Milinda Moragoda and other senior members of the Foundation. He was accompanied by Ms. Ayuka Horikawa, Officer […]

දේශමාන්‍ය ආචාර්‍ය සුදත් ගුණසේකර (ශ්‍රී.ලං.ප.සේ.) අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිනියගේ හිටපු ලේකම් සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවා සන්ගමයේ හිටපු සභාපති. (1991-94) (දැන් යලිත් ප්‍රාදේෂීය සභා  මැතිවරණයකට  නම් දී   ඇති බැවින් මෙම අදහස් කාලෝචිත නිසා මෙය නැවත පළකිරීමකී.) සින්හල ජාතියේ උපත පිළිබඳ නව මතයක්; ඓතිහාසික යථාර්ථයන් පාලි මහාවන්ශය ලිවිමටත් සියවස් එක හමාරකට දෙකකට පමණ පෙර ලියනලද කරන්ඩව්‍යුහ. […]

Dr. Alexandr Dovgan & Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge  Complex traumatic events are associated with armed conflict (Coventry et al., 2020), and it has a possible impact on mental health. These conflicts can cause physical, psychological, mental, and spiritual consequences for people (Moreno-Chaparro et al., 2022). Armed conflicts extinguish the social fabric and cause economic and cultural repercussions.  Moreno-Chaparro […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), Admiral Samuel Paparo called on the Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) Thursday (Mar 20) at the Deputy Minister’s office. During the meeting, Admiral Paparo and Major General Jayasekara (Retd) engaged in discussions on a range of bilateral defence […]

Property Show 2025 Industry experts at the Lanka Property Show 2025 expressed confidence in Sri Lanka’s real estate sector, highlighting its potential for growth despite past economic challenges. While factors such as rising interest rates, currency depreciation, and fluctuating taxes previously impacted the market, experts were optimistic that stabilizing interest rates, exchange rates, and tax […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME AsiaNews Government action has so far not stabilised markets. Lower production is causing negative effects on inflation and the availability of products in stores. Some rice varieties have been unavailable for months. Signs of growth are visible only in rubber and some export crops. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri Lanka’s agricultural […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror John Keells CG Auto marks a new era in green mobility In a momentous event for Sri Lanka’s automotive landscape, the first shipment of BYD’s cutting-edge new energy vehicles (NEVs) has arrived at the Hambantota Port.  This historic milestone, facilitated by John Keells CG Auto (JKCG Auto)—the authorised distributor for the […]

SHEAIN FERNANDOPULLE  Courtesy The Daily Mirror   Colombo, March 21 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka is experiencing a rapid spread of Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease, with cases reported from various parts of the country. Speaking to Daily Mirror, Consultant Physician Dr Achala Balasuriya said Chikungunya is spread through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, […]

Shenali D Waduge South Africa’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission was NOT a tribunal & therefore had no powers to prosecute individuals as there were no judges, no lawyers & no intention to declare who was guilty & who was innocent. It was nothing but Restorative Justice created in 1995 by the Nelson Mandela govt claiming […]

By Palitha Ariyarathna The characterization of Theravāda Buddhism, particularly in Sri Lanka, as militant is a distortion of its historical trajectory and core philosophy. Charles Keyes, in his article Political Crisis and Militant Buddhism in Contemporary Thailand (rev 1999), projects a generalized narrative of “militant Buddhism” that fails to account for the unique cultural, ethical, and […]

L.K.N. PERERA (LL.B Cey) Attorney at law, Labour Consultant, Ex-Senior Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court, Ex Judicial Officer,Ex-President. Lanka Academic Association, Ex Director Waste Management Authority, Co -Chairman- Seruvila Mangala Maha Chaityawardena Samitiya . Advisory Committee Member of All Ceylon Buddhist Congress. Commissioner of Aragalaya Inquiry Commission L.K.N. PERERA (LL.B Cey) Attorney at law 1) Appeal […]

නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක, වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. 1948 සිට 2024 දක්වා ලංකාව පාලනය කළේ රට බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය කිරීටයට අර්ධව යටත්ව සිටි අවධියේ ස්ව චින්තනය නිර්මාණය වූ අගමැතිවරු සහ ජනාධිපවරුය. ඒ ගැන විවාදයක් තිබිය නොහැකිය. ඒ අතරින් ගරු සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක මැතිණිය එහි අපගමනයකි. ඒ අපගමනයේ ප්‍රතිඵලය වූයේ එතුමියගේ ප්‍රජා […]

By William D. Hartung Courtesy TomDispatch Alex Karp, the CEO of the controversial military tech firm Palantir, is the coauthor of a new book, The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West. In it, he calls for a renewed sense of national purpose and even greater cooperation between government and […]

By David Herast 20/03/2025 Benjamin Netanyahu’s horrific resumption of the war on Gaza shows that no US-backed ceasefire deal is worth the paper it is printed on At 2:20am on Tuesday local time in the Gaza Strip, Washington inaugurated a new era in world politics. This was the moment Israel timed its attacks on dozens […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Election Commission has announced that the upcoming Local Government (LG) Elections in Sri Lanka will be held on May 06.  The acceptance of nominations for the LG Elections concluded at 12.00 noon today (20). The nomination process for 336 Local Government institutions commenced on March 17, and the election date was confirmed […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Sri Lanka Police Media Spokesman SSP Buddhika Manatunga has reportedly tendered his resignation from the position. He has already handed over his letter of resignation to the Acting IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya, according to sources. 

Hiru News Former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon has been remanded until April 3 after being produced before the Matara Magistrate’s Court today. Tennakoon, who had an open warrant issued for his arrest, surrendered to the court yesterday morning accompanied by a group of lawyers after being in hiding for 20 days. On February 27, the court […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ඇමෙරිකාවේ, එංගලන්තෙවත නැති සංක්‍රින්ති ලිංගිකයන්  සම්බන්ධ විෂයන් අපේ පාසලලේ විෂය නිර්දේශයට ඇතුළත් නොකරන ලෙස ඉල්ලමින් ආචාර්ය අජන්තා පෙරේරා මහත්මිය ඊයේ (18) අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ලේකම්වරයා වෙත ලිපියක් බාරදීමට කටයුතු කර ඇත. එම ලිපිය බාරදීමෙන් අනතුරුව ඇය මාධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස් දක්වමින්මෙසේ පැවසීය.   ‘‘මේ රටේ දෙමාපියන් තම දරුවන් ඉපදූනාට පස්සේ තේරුම් ගන්නවා. මේ ඉපදිලා […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon was remanded until tomorrow (20) following his appearance before the Matara Magistrate’s Court this morning (19).

By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, March 19 (Daily Mirror) – Claiming that the expected paddy harvest this year had diminished by 5 million metric tonnes, Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe said yesterday the government may have to import rice again to meet the demand. […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the trade union actions by healthcare professionals cannot be justified, considering that the largest salary increase in history granted by a government without any demands or pressure from professional associations has already been implemented. The President made these remarks during a meeting held today (19) at the […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Mr.Deepak Anand,  (Conservative) MPP  Mississauga-Malton7895 Tranmere Drive, Unit 11Mississauga, OnL5S 1V9 I voted for you but we do not like Bill 104” said Vijitha Bulathsinghala  (March 12, 2025) This letter is my response to Deepak Anand, Conservative MPP for Mississauga-Malton, to whom Vijitha Bulathsinghala wrote. 2066 Kings Grove Crescent Ottawa, Ontario . K1J […]

Daniele Ganser During AE911Truth’s anniversary event, Swiss historian Daniele Ganser gave an important presentation on the history of false flags and deceptive U.S. narratives that have initiated wars, all the way from Pearl Harbor to 9/11. When interviewed post presentation by AE911Truth’s Andy Steele, Ganser commented on the U.S. government’s use of a PR firm […]

Professor Nishan C. Wijesinha  I must start off with the captioning of this phrase “that The name Lankawa was a direct imprint by Lord Buddha Himself”; through His doctrinal and philosophical declaration of the Lankawathara Suthraya from the top of Mount Sri Pada. It should be pointed out here, by me, that, although, through the […]

Courtesy Express News Service The Indian Railways has not increased fares since 2020, he said, adding that the fares in European countries are more than five times. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw (PTI Photo) Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Tuesday that rail fares in India are lower as compared to neighbouring countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් බටලන්ද වාර්තාව මුල් කරගෙන විවිධ පාර්ශවය විසින් එකිනෙකට පරස්පර විවිධ මතවාදී පළ කිරීම් තුළ මෙම ක්‍රියාවලියේ අවසානය කුමක් විය හැකිද යන්න පිළිබඳව ලංකා ලීඩර් ජාතික සංවිධාන වල මතය නැවත වටයකින් විමසන ලදී.  මේ වෛද්‍ය වසන්ත බණ්ඩාර මහතාගේ අදහස ඔහුගේ වචනයෙන්.. අල්ජසීරා මාධ්‍යවේදියා විසින් බටලන්ද බෝම්බය පත්තු කිරීමෙන් පසුව හදිසියේම අර්බුදයට ලක්වූ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් පාස්කු ප්‍රහාරයටත්, බටලන්දටත් වඩා මහා පරිමාණ ඛණිජ සම්පත් ජාවාරමක භූ විද්‍යා හා පතල් කැණිම් කාර්යංශය නිරතව සිටින බව ලහිරු වීරසේකර මහතා පවසයි.  ඔහු ඊයේ මාධ්‍ය හමුවකට එක්වෙමින් මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් අනාවරණයක් සිදුකළේය.  එහිදි වැඩිදුරටත් අදහස් දැක්වූ ලහිරු වීරසේකර මහතා මෙසේද පැවසීය ‘‘භූ විද්‍යා හා පතල් කැණිම් කාර්යංශයේ ඉහළ නිලධාරීන්ගේ උවමනාව මත මෙරට […]